Fringe visibility and which-way information in an atom interferometer

被引：166

作者：

Dürr, S ^{[1
]}

Nonn, T ^{[1
]}

Rempe, G ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Konstanz, Fak Phys, D-78457 Constance, Germany

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1998年 / 81卷 / 26期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5705

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We experimentally investigate the reduction of the fringe visibility in an atom interferometer due to the storage of which-way information. We focus on the case of incomplete which-way information and use the distinguishability D to quantify how much information is stored. For a given value of D, the fringe visibility V is limited by the duality relation D-2 + V-2 less than or equal to 1. We have measured D and V independently. Combining the results, we find good agreement with the duality relation.

引用

页码：5705 / 5709

页数：5

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